25 years ago: State lottery to start with scratch-off tickets

Under the provisions of a bill which had just won first-round approval in the Kansas Senate, the state lottery would start in September with $1 instant-win tickets. More sophisticated computerized games would follow about nine months later. State legislators hoped that the lottery would generate about $35 million in new revenue to support state government during the first year of operation.

Most of North Lawrence and rural areas to the north had had to do without their electricity this morning after a bird, apparently in the wrong place at the wrong time, caused a 23-minute power outage. The damage to a KPL Gas Service substation had been repaired by mid-morning. Damage to the bird was unfortunately permanent.